script new moon leaked

Bella’s on the phone, leaving yet another message,her desperation having reached its peak. In the living room, Charlie and Harry check their fishing gear.

BELLA
Jacob. Please. Call me.

She hangs up, leans her forehead against the phone. Charlie enters--

CHARLIE
Harry and I will be back by three --He stops when he sees her. Puts a hand on her shoulder.

CHARLIE
It’s mono, Bells.

BELLA
He’s too sick to even call?

CHARLIE
You just gotta wait it out.(then)You know, I don’t have to go fishing...

BELLA(forcing a smile)
No, go. I’ll call Jess or someone.

51.

CHARLIE
Good. But stay here or at Jess’s. No hikes or anything. We’re issuing a warning about those bears.

Off Bella’snod--

EXT. THE WOODS - DAY

SERIES OF CUTS - Bella tries to navigate her way to the meadow. She refers to a map, a compass.

BELLA (V.O.)
I was more afraid of the h*** in my chest than I was of bears. Without Jacob, I needed Edward more than ever...Bella tries a trail; it doesn’t look familiar. Backtracks. Tries another.

BELLA (V.O.)
... I needed to know he existed. There was only one place I might find him, or the feeling of him...

FLASHPOP - THE MEADOW - Edward and Bella lie in the grass surrounded by flowers, sunlight dappling them. They look lovingly into one another’s eyes...

BACK ON BELLA - the memory and her desperation fuel her. Finally, she sees a clearing ahead, hurries toward it --

EXT. THE MEADOW (CONTINUOUS) - DAY

-- Bella steps into the clearing, hopeful... but her face falls. In contrast to the warmth of her memory, the meadow is cold, gloomy, cloudy. And no Edward. She closes her eyes, trying to force Edward here.

Nothing. Her eyes open on the empty, overcast meadow. Bella sinks to her knees. Tears threatening. But then she hears a RUSTLING noise. She turns toward it, peers into the woods.

Another RUSTLING NOISE comes from another part of the woods. She spins toward it -- nothing. Then she turns and JUMPS when she finds --Vampire LAURENT standing just ten yards away. Dreadlocks, chiseled face. Bella can’t believe it.

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BELLA
Laurent?

LAURENT
Bella.

She beams, realizing he’s real.

BELLA
Laurent!

LAURENT
I must admit, I didn’t expect to find you here.

BELLA
I live here. But you - I thought you were in Alaska with Carlisle’s friend.

LAURENT
Tanya, I was. It was kind of him to arrange, given my association with James and Victoria, “The Enemy.”

BELLA
You tried to help us.

Laurent begins to stroll in a slow arc around her, his eyes assessing her as –

LAURENT
I went to visit the Cullens, but their house is empty. I’m surprised they left you behind. Weren’t you sort of a pet of theirs?

He faces her, taking in her scent, bloodlust building. Her eyes dart around, escape is impossible -- The only thing she SEES is the apparition of Edward, looking at her with alarm...

BELLA (whispering, barely audible)
Edward. I love you.

Laurent is milliseconds from biting - then abruptly, his expression changes. He sees something in the forest behind Bella - and it terrifies him.

LAURENT
I... don’t believe it.

He steps back. Bella’s confused as she realizes he’s no longer focused on her... she follows his eyes, slowly turning... to find behind her –

AN ENORMOUS BLACK WOLF skulking out of the darkness of the woods. It stalks towards them, a low disturbing GROWL in its throat, sharp teeth gleaming.

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Bella is trapped between the two killers. Edward whispers in her ear –

EDWARD
Don’t. Move.

The wolf slinks closer to Bella, a mere twenty feet from where she stands, then –

FOUR MORE WOLVES soundlessly emerge from the trees, flanking the black wolf. They’re the size of small horses, all of different hues: dark silver, chocolate, ash and russet-brown. Their hackles are up, lips curling, bodies crouched, ready to spring.

Bella is frozen with fear as they come toward her.

The RUSSET-BROWN WOLF is the closest and looks directly at her. Laurent continues to retreat- then suddenly, almost simultaneously --

-- Laurent BOLTS across the meadow--

-- The wolves SPRING toward Bella -- and leap right over her in pursuit of Laurent! Their thunderous SNARLS and SNAPS shake her as the pack sprint after the vampire, surrounding him before he reaches the treeline--

Laurent SWINGS at the dark silver wolf, SMACKING the wolf half-way across the meadow. Another wolf lunges at Laurent - he kicks it and it sails into a tree, SPLINTERING it. The two wolves recover, lurch back to the pack which closes in on Laurent. It’s impossible to know who will prevail --

Her eyes dart around the house, their vulnerability spinning in on her. As Charlie hangs up, goes to his gun cabinet --

BELLA (V.O.)
If she came after me, Charlie would try to protect me -- and he’d die.

CHARLIE
I’ve gotta go to the station.

BELLA
Good! -- That’s good.

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CHARLIE
You okay here? You want to come with?

BELLAActually, I -- need to see a friend.

EXT. JACOB’S HOUSE – DAY

Bella knocks. Then knocks again. Finally, Billy answers.

BELLA
Hi, Billy. I know Jacob’s sick but –

BILLY
He’s out with friends.

BELLA(taken aback)
Oh.

BILLY
I’ll let him know you came by.

Billy starts to close the door, but Bella stops him.

BELLA
Wait -- he’s got mono, right? That’s what you told my dad.

BILLY(with compassion)
You should go on home, Bella.

And he closes the door. Off Bella –

INT. BELLA’S TRUCK – DAY

Bella climbs in, slams the door, pissed. Starts the truck. Then turns it off. Deciding, she tosses the keys aside and sinks down into her seat to wait...

BELLA’S POV - EXT. JACOB’S HOUSE - ON THE WINDOW – LATER

RAIN now pours down. Billy, inside, pulls the curtain back, looks out at Bella with sympathy. Then closes the curtain.

INT. BELLA’S TRUCK - ON BELLA – SAME

Bella looks out the passenger window at Billy. Suddenly, there’s a KNOCK at the driver’s window. She spins to find --JACOB standing there. But his face is shockingly different. His hair is cropped short. No friendly smile.

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No warmth in his eyes. Just a hard, brooding resentment. Bella is taken aback. She climbs out of the truck to FIND –

Bella TEARS through the forest again, searching. She turns -- finds Edward, cold, distant. But his face begins to MORPH... ... and becomes Jacob’s. She reaches for him but he BOLTS backward, suddenly many yards away.

Jacob, shirtless, clings to the top of a tree which bends with his weight. Bella opens the window, whisper-yelling –

BELLA
What the hell are you doing?

JACOB
Get out of the way.

He begins to swing his legs, increasing momentum. She realizes what he’s about to attempt –

BELLA
No!

He launches himself THROUGH the window with great agility –

INT. BELLA’S BEDROOM (CONTINUOUS) – NIGHT

-- Jacob lands on the balls of his feet. Bella is stunned. He freezes, listening for Charlie. Nothing. A bitter, self-satisfied grin spreads on his face. It p***** Bella off. He takes in her room.

JACOB
I pictured your room more... cluttered.

BELLA
Why are you here?

JACOB
I had to talk to you. Alone.

BELLA
To kick me in the gut again? It was bad before, but you made it so much worse.

JACOB
I know. And I want to explain. But... I can’t.

BELLA
Then leave.

He stays put. She tries to push him but he’s immoveable.

BELLA
You’re done with me, remember? Get. Out!

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JACOB
Bella, I literally can’t explain...

She becomes aware of her hands on his bare skin and muscular chest. The intimacy of their touch. She pulls away.

JACOB
I broke my promise not to hurt you, I know. Bu tI’m trying to keep it now. I need you to understand... even if you don’t want to see me when you find out --

BELLA
Find what out?

He starts to speak -- but can’t. It’s agonizing. She sees he’s in pain. Is concerned.

BELLA
What’s wrong?

JACOB
I can’t do it.

BELLA
Yes, you can. I’ll help you. We can... we can leave. Leave home, leave Sam.

JACOB
It’s not something I can run away from. (then)I would run with you though. If I could. (beat, realizing)Wait. Wait, I already -- I told you. You know this -- you can guess.

BELLA
I don’t want to play games with you --

JACOB
You have to!I can’t tell you, but if you remember - it was that day I ran into you at the beach. I told you a story -- come on! I told you a story... about?

BELLA... about... “The Cold Ones?” You said it was a stupid tribal myth.

63.

JACOB(pointedly)
Was it? Are the Cold Ones a myth?

She doesn’t answer.

JACOB
What else did I say?

BELLA
That... the tribe made a treaty with them. They can’t come onto your land and... I don’t know, I don’t remember.

JACOB
Try, Bella.

BELLA
You have to give me more. Tell me where to look. Is there something I should see -- ?

JACOB
No, that’s too dangerous –

BELLA
I’ll take the risk. Jacob, show me.

He looks at her, doesn’t want to but knows it’s the only way. Beat.

JACOB
Where was the last place you saw me... the way I used to be?

BELLA
The motorcycles - that clearing in the woods. He nods slowly, then turns to go. She stops him.

BELLA
Don’t go. There are dangerous things out there; more than you know.

He looks at her with a wry smile. Then pulls her into a hug. Her cheek against his bare chest. She takes in the closeness... then he soundlessly heads out her door. A beat -- Bella starts pulling on clothes.

INT. BELLA’S TRUCK – NIGHT

Bella drives through the darkness.

64.

BELLA (V.O.)
If I was going to lose someone else, I needed to know why. She pulls off the road, and drives into the forest.

EXT. LA PUSH - CLEARING IN THE FOREST – NIGHT

Bella parks. Climbs out of her truck. The moon eerily illuminates the clearing. Forest NOISES encroach. She hears a RUSTLE amid the trees. Spooked, she freezes-- then SEES JACOB emerge from the trees. A moment as their eyes meet. Then --Sam Uley, Paul, Embry and Jared step into the clearing, as well, half-clothed, movements almost synchronized. Their expressions simultaneously alter into fury when they see Bella. Paul spins on Jacob.

PAUL
What the hell have you done?!

JACOB
I didn’t tell her. You’d know if I did.

PAUL
She’s here, isn’t she?

SAM
Bella, there’s nothing to see here. You should go home.

BELLA
Not until I know what you did to Jacob.

PAUL(advancing on Bella)
What we did?!

Jacob moves in front of Bella protectively, facing Paul.

SAM
Both of you, calm down –

JACOB
Sam, she knows things about the bloodsuckers. She’s been on the inside. She can help--

PAUL
Like a leech lover’s gonna help us.

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JACOB
Watch what you call her.

EMBRY
Get a grip, guys –

But Paul and Jacob are so angry, their bodies begin to shake, nearly convulse. It unnerves Bella –

BELLA
It’s alright, Jacob, I’ll go --

Paul and Jacob are beyond hearing.

PAUL
All you care about is her –

SAM(commanding)
Paul, back off.

PAUL
-- and she doesn’t give a crap about you –

Jacob flashes anger, PUSHES Paul, hard. Paul FLIES backward.

SAM
Jacob.

Paul rises, outraged, throws his head back in a growl, vibrating violently –

Jacob DIVES headfirst into the air- with another sharp TEARING sound, shreds of cloth blast into the air, fur BURSTS from Jacob’s skin - he lands on the ground a gigantic russet-brown wolf, charging the Paul-wolf.Bella reels as the two wolves CRASH into each other, snarling and RAMMING one another. The sound is DEAFENING. Their teeth flash at each other’s throats. Bella stumbles backward as the fight carries the two wolves beyond the clearing and into the woods –

CAMERA FOLLOWS THEM, as they fight deeper and deeper into the darkness... until they disappear. The horrible SOUNDS of the fight still ECHO

--BACK IN THE CLEARING -- Sam starts after them, kicking off his shoes.

SAM
Take Bella to Emily’s place.

Sam disappears leaving an eerie quiet. A long silence...

EMBRY
Guess the wolf’s out of the bag.

Off Bella, stunned.

EXT. LA PUSH - EMILY’S HOUSE – NIGHT

Bella’s truck, driven by Embry, pulls up to a tiny, weathered house with a window box full of marigolds. Jared, in the back, jumps out, opens Bella’s door. He and Embry head toward the house. She doesn’t move.

EMBRY(to Jared)
Pay up. She didn’t puke.

Jared, annoyed, hands Embry five bucks.

EMBRY
Told you she was tough. She does run with bloodsuckers.

BELLA
Wait. We should go back, make sure Jacob’s okay.

JARED
I hope Paul gets some teeth in him. Serve him right.

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EMBRY
No way. Jake’s a natural. You see him phase on the fly? I gotta fiver says Paul doesn’t touch him.

JARED
Easy money. Paul’s been at it longer.

Bella looks at them, appalled. They realize she’s not following them.

EMBRY
Come on in. We won’t bite.

JARED
Speak for yourself.

Bella warily climbs out of the car, joins them. Embry pauses at the door –

EMBRY
Oh, hey, about Emily-Sam’s fiance - just try not to stare. It bugs Sam.

BELLA
Why would I stare? ----

But the guys are already entering –

INT. EMILY’S HOUSE (CONTINUOUS) – NIGHT

Bella hesitantly enters behind Jared and Embry. She sees EMILY, 20, at a counter, popping fresh muffins out of a tin. SEE only one side of Emily’s beautiful face, draped by long black hair.

EMILY
You guys hungry? Like I have to ask...

Emily looks toward them now -- REVEALING the other side of her face: A scar runs from hairline to chin, three red lines that pull down her eye and twist her mouth.

EMILY
Who’s this?

As Jared and Embry beeline for the muffins –

JARED
Bella Swan. Who else?

EMILY
So you’re the vampire girl.

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BELLA
And you’re a... you’re all...

EMILYWerewolves? I’m just engaged to one. But these animals --(slaps Embry’s hand)Save some for your brothers.

Bella cautiously approaches the counter, keeping an eye on the door for Jacob.

EMILY
Leave it to Jacob to get around Sam’s gag order.

BELLA
He didn’t say anything, or... couldn’t.

EMBRY
That’s a wolf thing. Alpha’s orders get obeyed whether we want to or not --

JARED
How ‘bout you shut up now, Embry?

EMBRY
You know Jacob’s gonna fill her in.

JARED
Yeah, I know every stupid thought he has. (to Bella)Wanna know what he thinks of you?

EMILY
Like you need special powers to know that.

EMBRY(to Bella)
It’s another wolf thing. We hear each other’s thoughts. Good for hunting. Embarrassing for everything else.

Jared leans to Bella, challenging.

JARED
Freaking out yet?

69.

BELLA(meets his look)
You’re not the first -- mind reader I’ve met.

EMBRY(grins)
Jake’s right. You are good with the weird.

BELLA
But I don’t get -- how? Why? --

SAM (O.S.)
-- Because there are bad things here.

She spins - Sam is now standing behind her, the front door open behind him.

SAM
And they’re getting worse.

Bella is chilled. Sam moves past her to Emily- the sight of her instantly warms his face.

SAM
Hey, Em.

He kisses Emily’s scarred face adoringly. Bella has to look away. Their utter devotion is a painful reminder of what she has lost. Fortunately, she’s distracted by --Jacob and Paul’s arrival. They laugh and jab one another. Bella is relieved to find Jacob unscathed. Jared and Embry crowd them, finding a scar on Paul’s arm –

EMBRY
Ha! Pay up.

As Jared reluctantly hands Embry five bucks, Jacob’s eyes find Bella’s. He nods solemnly to the door; we should talk.